Add an API to list all possible (non-disabled) archives #14

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opened 2025-12-06 15:03:38 +00:00 by boyska · 1 comment

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2025-12-06 15:03:38 +00:00

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one practical usecase is the feed2archivemetadata tool, which needs to get the archive.org link. right now, the only way to do this is to repeatedly make a request to /dl/, until you get the one you're interested in.

one practical usecase is the [feed2archivemetadata](https://git.lattuga.net/techbloc/feed2archivemetadata) tool, which needs to get the archive.org link. right now, the only way to do this is to repeatedly make a request to `/dl/`, until you get the one you're interested in.

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2025-12-09 23:46:48 +00:00

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We don't need a separate API, we just need to implement Metalink HTTP headers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalink#Example_Metalink/HTTP_header_fields

when implementing it, we need to make sure about distinguishing between:

archived version with the same hash. They are rel=duplicate, and they're actually part of Metalink (RFC 6249).
other archived versions. they could probably be listed with rel=alternate

archived versions in other formats could go under rel=alternate, but we can probably also just skip them

We don't need a separate API, we just need to implement Metalink HTTP headers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalink#Example_Metalink/HTTP_header_fields when implementing it, we need to make sure about distinguishing between: * archived version with the same hash. They are `rel=duplicate`, and they're actually part of Metalink (RFC 6249). * other archived versions. they could probably be listed with `rel=alternate` archived versions in other formats could go under `rel=alternate`, but we can probably also just skip them